Web Links

Gestalt Theory
(http://www.enabling.org/ia/gestalt/gerhards/index.html)

Website for the International Society for Gestalt Theory and Its Applications

Ernst Mach’s Analysis of Sensations
(http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/mach.htm)

Translation of Chapter 1 of Ernst Mach’s Analysis of Sensations.

Christian von Ehrenfels’ Theory of Gestalt
(http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/book/austrian_philosophy/CH8.pdf)

Full text of a chapter by Barry Smith on Christian von Ehrenfels’ theory of Gestalt

Phi phenomenon
(http://www.yorku.ca/eye/balls.htm)

Basic but effective demonstration of the phi phenomenon, plus links to other illusions.

http://www.uncc.edu/colleges/arts_and_sciences/philosophy/faculty/phi/Phi_Color2.html

Another phi phenomenon demo. This one allows you to control the display speed.

Wertheimer’s 1924 Gestalt Theory
(http://www.enabling.org/ia/gestalt/gerhards/wert1.html)

Text of Wertheimer’s 1924 Gestalt Theory

Max Wertheimer
(http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/8646/)

Lots of information about Max Wertheimer, including biography and bibliography

Wertheimer’s Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Wertheimer/Forms/forms.htm)

Text of Wertheimer’s Laws of Organization in Perceptual Forms (1923).

Gestalt Principles of Organization
(http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/theory/gestalt/gestalt.htm)

Some examples of the Gestalt principles of organization, from a designer’s perspective.

Zeigarnik Effect
(http://www.minotaurpress.com/bsi8/040.htm)

Sherry Sheehan’s poem, “Zeigarnik Effect.”

Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
(http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/Emergency/)

Documentation of the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.

University in Exile
(http://www.newschool.edu/aboutnsu/content/fr_ata/history5c.html)

History page of New School University’s website, describes University in Exile.

Köhler’s Research
(http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/kohler.htm)

Description of Köhler’s research, with several pictures of his apes.

Gestalt Psychology Today
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Kohler/today.htm)

Köhler’s (1959) article, Gestalt Psychology Today.

Köhler’s Objections
(http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/kohler1.htm)

Köhler’s objections to Thorndike’s puzzle box (from The Mentality of Apes).

Mentality of the Apes
(http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/kohler2.htm)

Introduction to Köhler’s (1925) Mentality of Apes.

Kurt Lewin Institute
(http://www.psy.vu.nl/kli/info.htm)

Website of the Kurt Lewin Institute.

http://wise.fau.edu/~bmellor/courses/mat1933/faculty1.html

Some facts, thoughts, and observations about Kurt Lewin.

Theory of Regression in Frustration
(http://www.enabling.org/ia/gestalt/gerhards/lewin41.html)

Text of Lewin, Barker and Dembo’s (1941) “Theory of Regression in Frustration”.

Principles of Scientific Management
(http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/taylor/sciman)

Full text of Frederick Taylor’s (1911) “Principles of Scientific Management”.

History of Tamara Dembo
(http://copace.clarku.edu/overview/history.htm)

Clark University’s history of Tamara Dembo and others.

22nd division of the APA
(http://www.apa.org/divisions/div22/)

The website for the 22nd division of the APA, for Rehabilitation Psychology.

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
(http://www.spssi.org/index.html)

Website of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).

Gestalt Therapy
(http://www.g-g.org/gestalt_bookmarks/)

The Gestalt Therapy Page

These are websites with information about Gestalt Therapy.

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